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abstemious

adjective as in restraining behavior or appetite

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Example Sentences

He quit smoking weed years ago, gave up drinking, and today lives a fairly abstemious life.

Deviled eggs are a cocktail-party staple and are magnetic in their ability to attract even abstemious guests.

Mr. Balfour, being an abstemious man, would not submit to the latter alternative, but consented to tell a story.

Masters of prisons,” he rejoined, “who keep shop, have a natural horror of an abstemious captive.

I think I have retained the vigor of my mind more, in consequence of an abstemious diet.

After a few years, he ventured to change his abstemious diet for one more rich and stimulating.

Many a person, who wishes to be abstemious, seems to think that if he only abstains from flesh and fish, that is enough.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to abstemious, such as: abstinent, ascetic, austere, continent, frugal, and moderate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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